－告诉大家一个好消息，经过 Mr. Climbing, Mr. Hnlyzhd 和我的努力，在新春来
临之际，决定为大家带来了一款小软件 － Avlgomgr/Avlgo，它可以使得在
Windows 2000/XP 的系统上使用软盘、硬盘、光盘镜像文件进行虚拟启动
更方便，也更简单。
－这款小工具，将在
近些天发布出来。具体细节请看：
Avlgo - Grub Express Edition
现在，可以向大家透露一下， Avlgo 的细节。当然，你也可以不关心这些内容，
因为， Avlgo 会在明后天发布的 Avlgomgr 时，真相大白的！ ：）
首先，Avlgo 是基于 Grub 0.97 官方版本，并加入了一些特色功能；这个特别
的 Grub 的着眼点是为在 Windows 下使用 VFloppy 而被软盘镜像文件的容量大小、
连续存放所困扰的朋友准备的一道快餐！ 为什么是快餐呢？因为，它不需要你对
Grub 以及 Grub 的配置菜单有任何了解；在使用的时候，只需要通过 Avlgomgr 的
Windows GUI 程序指定一个磁盘镜像文件即可。这个优越性是人们推崇 VFloppy 的
原因，因为，简单既是美 － 现在 Grub 也可以做作到（何况，Vfloppy 是基于 Grub
来做的）。
Avlgo 是一个精简版的 Grub, 它是为实现上述目标而量身定做的。所以它在有些
方面就存在着缺失。对 Grub 了解的朋友一定知道 Grub4DOS, 它可以说是现在功能
最强大使用最灵活的 Grub 版本，但是，很遗憾，Avlgo 没有包含这些被增强了的功
能，比如说 map, chainloader 对非引导扇区的支持, findroot, scdrom 以及中文
支持。所以，如果你在实际当中需要这样的请考虑使用 Grub4DOS。 那么，Avlgo
到底有怎样的特色呢？
1. 首先，它需要配合 Avlgomgr 在 Windows 上使用，并且似乎天生只能被
Avldrng 载入；
2. 内建支持 ISOEmu 的虚拟(它的限制、功能未变)；
3. 支持 zip 压缩方式存放文件(以前 Grub 只支持 gz 格式的)；
4. 支持 romfs (新加入的，和 Grub4DOS 的有较大差异) ;
这里还对为什么会想到构造这么一个精简版本作一个说明。Aero 可能内建使用 Avlgo!
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好，请感受一下 Avlgomgr 的界面：
－哦， 关于 Avlgo 的发音，我想给一个建议（方便大家口头交流）：
ei will go => I will go 的意思吧。
"艾维尔格"
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从源头来说， Avlgo 是从 Avldr 派生来的，而 Avldr 是 AviatoR 的载入器；
最原始的是 ISOEmu: 因为， AviatoR = ISOEmu G2! ^_^
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希望，大家能够接受这个工具。 ；）
>>> 请看截图：
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－Tell everyone a piece of good news. After the efforts of Mr. Climbing, Mr. Hnlyzhd, and me, as the New Year is approaching, we have decided to bring you a small software—Avlgomgr/Avlgo, which can make it more convenient and simpler to use floppy disks, hard disks, and CD image files for virtual booting on Windows 2000/XP systems.
－This small tool will be released in
the near future. For specific details, please see:
Avlgo - Grub Express Edition
Now, I can reveal some details about Avlgo to you. Of course, you can not care about these contents because the truth about Avlgo will be made clear when Avlgomgr is released in the next two days! : )
First of all, Avlgo is based on the official version of Grub 0.97 and has added some characteristic functions; the focus of this special Grub is to prepare a fast food for friends who are troubled by the capacity size and continuous storage of floppy disk image files when using VFloppy under Windows! Why is it fast food? Because it doesn't require you to have any understanding of Grub and Grub's configuration menu; when using it, you only need to specify a disk image file through the Windows GUI program of Avlgomgr. This superiority is the reason why people praise VFloppy, because simplicity is beauty—now Grub can also achieve this (what's more, Vfloppy is based on Grub to be made).
Avlgo is a streamlined version of Grub, which is tailor-made to achieve the above goal. So it has some omissions in some aspects. Friends who know Grub must know Grub4DOS, which can be said to be the most powerful and flexible Grub version currently, but unfortunately, Avlgo does not include these enhanced functions, such as the support of map, chainloader for non-boot sectors, findroot, scdrom, and Chinese support. So if you need such things in practice, please consider using Grub4DOS. Then, what are the characteristics of Avlgo exactly?
1. First of all, it needs to be used with Avlgomgr on Windows, and it seems to be able to be loaded only by Avldrng by nature;
2. Built-in support for ISOEmu's virtualization (its restrictions and functions remain unchanged);
3. Support for file storage in zip compression mode (previously Grub only supported gz format);
4. Support for romfs (newly added, which is quite different from Grub4DOS) ;
Here is also an explanation of why such a streamlined version was thought of. Aero may use Avlgo internally!
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Well, please feel the interface of Avlgomgr:
－Oh, regarding the pronunciation of Avlgo, I want to give a suggestion (for the convenience of oral communication):
ei will go => It means I will go.
"Ai Wei Er Ge"
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From the source, Avlgo is derived from Avldr, and Avldr is the loader of AviatoR;
The most original one is ISOEmu: because, AviatoR = ISOEmu G2! ^_^
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Hope that everyone can accept this tool. ；）
>>> Please see the screenshot:
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